SC man wins $1 million, throws up

Jerry Hucks overwhelmed by Powerball win

A truck builder said his reaction to winning $1 million made him late getting home.

He also said he won’t be working anymore overtime, after finding out early Thursday morning he won $1 million in the Powerball drawing.

Jerry Hucks, of Rock Hill, was warming up his truck before heading home after work when he remembered the sticky note where he jotted down last night’s winning Powerball® numbers.

Hucks said he reached down into the side compartment of his truck to find his Powerball® ticket. He flipped on the light inside the cab to see the first five numbers on the sticky note aligned perfectly with the last set of numbers printed on his ticket.

Hucks, a truck builder for Diamler Trucks in Cleveland, N.C., went back inside the plant and had a coworker look over the Powerball® ticket over to confirm he won $1 million.

“I didn’t even have the truck door locked, and I had a $1 million ticket out there,” he told lottery officials when he arrived today to collect his winnings. “I can’t believe I let three or four guys at work hold my ticket and Google the numbers screaming, ‘It’s a $1 million.’”

Hucks called his girlfriend to tell her the news and that he was headed home. She was worried it was taking him so long, but he said at one point he had to pull over to throw up, overcome that he beat the 1 in 5,153,633 odds to be a millionaire.

Hucks was one of three South Carolina Education Lottery players to successfully match the first five numbers drawn Wednesday night (5, 16, 22, 23 and 29 PB: 6).

Hucks stopped at the MR Express in Rock Hill, S.C., on his way into work Wednesday and had to stand in line to get a ticket. He’s glad he was patient and waited for his quick pick to print.

MR Express received a commission of $10,000 for selling the claimed ticket.

Had Hucks matched one more number, the red Powerball®, a share of the record-setting $587.5 million jackpot would have been his, but he’s hardly disappointed.

He said he’s paying off his house and will be back at work Friday.

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